2020 shaping up to have second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record
This season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.
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Ten billion kroner for Sweden’s upcoming climate budget
Almost ten billion kronor in the upcoming autumn budget will go to measures that help cut climate emissions in industry and
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Feds invests $3.2 million in Indigenous-managed watershed program in northern Canada
The Canadian government will invest $3.2 million in the Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area in the Canadian province of
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Why the pandemic’s pause on travel could be a defining moment for rethinking Antarctic tourism
The current pause on international travel could be an important moment for the international community to rethink the future development
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Norwegian slow TV to feature Svalbard round the clock for nine days
Fascinating viewers for hours and days, the Norwegian slow TV concept takes it to the ultimate with the longest ever
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Equinor drops plan for oil transfer terminal at Veidnes in northern Norway
This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot. The costs of constructing an oil terminal at Veidnes
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More wolves killed since new government incentives in northwest Canada
Dozens of wolves were killed by hunters under a new incentive program last year. But a biologist with the territorial
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Ottawa and Inuit in Atlantic Canada to launch study on protected marine area
A coastal area adjacent to the Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador in Atlantic Canada is under consideration to
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Expedition seeks to better understand underwater sea life in Inuit region of Atlantic Canada
A 10-day research project between an ocean conservation group and the government of the Inuit region of Atlantic Canada wound
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Arctic butterflies get the spotlight in new children’s book
When most people think of Arctic nature, they usually think about ice and snow, seals and polar bears. But a
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Clear-cutting more harmful to mushrooms than forest fires, Finnish study finds
Commercial clear-felling of trees is more harmful to fungi than forest fires, according to a recent doctoral thesis published at
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Study on Swedish wildfires shows how to make forests rise from the ashes
Fire has destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of forest in Sweden in recent years, and now landowners are learning
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Moose migration in northern Sweden makes for “contemplative” slow TV
They have been travelling the same journey, waiting for the ice to melt, for 9,000 years. The elks or moose
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Swedish tourist industry worries about cuts to trail maintenance
After scheduled repairs were shelved due to budget cuts, the Swedish Tourist Association is calling on the government to restore
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Glacier melt in Arctic Canada exposes plants frozen under ice for 40,000 years
Melting ice caps are exposing plants on Baffin Island, Nunavut that have been frozen for more than 40,000 years, according
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